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CIMINELLI v. CABLEVISION

No. CV-83-2494.

583 F.Supp. 158 (1984)

Robert CIMINELLI d/b/a Smithtown Electronics, Smithtown Electronic, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. CABLEVISION, Brookhaven Cable TV Service, Inc., Viacom Cablevision of Long Island, Inc., Huntington Cable, Inc.; Group W. Cable Corp.; Cox Cable New York, Inc.; Adams Russell Cable Vision Nassau, Inc.; Long Island Cable TV Counsel; Newsday Channel; Newsday, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

March 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young & DeWitt, West Babylon, N.Y., for plaintiffs.

Sullivan & Cromwell, by Michael A. Cooper, Yvonne S. Quinn, New York City, Joseph F. Carlino, P.C. by Joseph F. Carlino, Mineola, N.Y., for defendant Cablevision.

Pelletreau & Pelletreau, Patchogue, N.Y., for defendant Brookhaven, Cable TV Service, Inc.

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, for defendant, Viacom Cablevision of Long Island.

Toaz, Buck, Myers, Bernst, Young & Cote, Huntington, N.Y., for defendant Huntington TV Cable Corp.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges, by R. Bruce Rich, Robert F. Brodegard, New York City, for defendants, Newsday, Inc., Newsday Channel and Group W. Cable Corp.

Peirez, Ackerman & Levine by John M. Brickman, Great Neck, N.Y., Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D.C., for defendant, Cox Cable N.Y., Inc.

Joshua Noah Koenig, Albany, N.Y., for Long Island, Cable TV Council.

Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., for defendant, Adams Russell Cablevision-Nassau, Inc.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALTIMARI, District Judge:

By notice of motion dated November 3, 1983, and by agreement of the parties finally submitted for decision on January 10, 1984, plaintiffs move "for an order pursuant to FRCP 12(c) dismissing the defenses" that:

(1) Section 605 of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 605, "bars the maintenance of this action;"

(2) Cablevision's alleged tying arrangement "was justified;"

(3...

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